Apparatus for treating printed or dyed fabrics



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R. W. JACOBY APPARATUS FOR TREATING PRINTED 0R DYED FABRICS Filed Aug. 13, 1927 INVENTOR.

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RAYMOND W. )II'ACOBY, OF PROVIDENCE, RBODETSLAWD; ASSIGNOR TO THE DELTEX CQHPANY, A CORPORATION OF'MASSAGH'USETTS. 1

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ou izgifap ucsaon filed ma a, 1926, Serial No. 106,394. Divided and this application filed August 13, 1927. Serial Ho.212,822.

My invention relates to what-is known as thermore, the water is usually separated .jfvat color printing or dyeing, or discharge from the'main portion of the box by a layer printing and particularly to ageing or of shin les to prevent" s attering the treating vat color prints or dyes or'discha-rge 'oods an by a coverin of abric such as prints or any other product Where a reduc-' urlap. Alsothe heate vapor tends to reea tion is necessary by suitable reagents such main in the upper part f the 1 .11 v its as, with hydrosulphite. w temperature is Increased sothat the heat One of he objects of "my invention is to will not descend and be absorbed by the produce an improved apparatus through water at the bottom of'the box.

m which the fabrics being aged may be passed Briefly, my invention comprises'a provias during the reduction, process Wii3h 0l1ii the sion or means in the ageing box or chamber usual disadvantages accompanying the use for evenlydistributing moistureand for conof apparatus heretofore used for thi"spur trolling the temperature throughout'the in pose. As is well-known, it isess'enti'al in teriorthereof so that the fabric passing such treatment of printed or dyedjghods, therethrough will be at all times in contact to -May a, 1926.-

1 not'only to have the proper degree of heat, thereof that oxygen of the atmosphere should be with the necessary'degree of moisturecont-- kept away "from the portions of the fabric tained in the water vapors so that the proper I undergoing chemical reactions. This is usu-x reduction will take place. Several ways of ally accomplished bycarryingouttlie reacaccomplishing this result are available but I so tions in a suitable chamber from which air the following description constitutes one W has been displaced by afsuitable gas,usually form of an'apparatus which I'at resent live steam. *deem preferable for carrying out 't is ini This application is a division of my 00- ventiQ i pending application Serial No. 106,394, filed Referring to the draw1ngs,Fig. '1 Indicates I V a vertical longitudinal section of my im- 4 Heretofore the apparatus involving the proved apparatus;

u's ual.,.or ;standard construction has embodied Fig. 2 1s a plan vlew thereof showlng the heating coils and a supply of live steam intop partly broken away troduced into the box orager which, at the Fi ,3 is a cross-sectlonal v ew showing point or points of entrance and exit of the detai s of'the means for furmshmg moisture fabric, is provided with suction devices such to the interior of the honor vat;

- as fan-blowe Sto carry away the steam used Fi 4 is'a detailed vlew of the means for during the process. In order. to produce the supp ying moisture; and l proper reduction I have found 1t necessary 1g. 5 1s a transverse sectional. view v 9o b'u't also suflicient moisture to prevent the Referringtothe figures oi the drawmgs% vapor from becoming dry. The chemical re-v the numeral 1 ln'dl'catesa su table cas ngo actions which take place in the ageing appasheet materlalwhlch-1sfrov dedw1th a to .ratus-as' abovereferred to produce a con- 2, the left hand end 0 which 1s provlde Q siderable' amount of heat which may cause with anopening 3 through which the cloth 95 "tliefst'eam to reach a temperatureof 224F. -may enter and emerge, The opening. 3 is 1 orl even' more; This excessjli'eat produces provided with means to suck'away the steanh- I superhdatedsteam which retards. the action .--iwhich would'tend to be discharged thrlo gh 'aii'dalso causes non-uniform temperatures-in said opening, said means preferably being a difi'erent parts of the box; This causes unfan or'blower 5 having a p1pe-6 leading from 100 effects inthe lgoodsa even chemical'reaction and results in'uneven. the opening 3, the inner end which con- I nects' withja horizontal-chamber4,. which is c Inforder': to overcome such difliculties it also provided with a slot through wh ch the has been proposed to have a slight amount fabric passes as indicated. Alstea'm 11m 7 I of water retained in the bottom of the box having a? controlling valve 7' enters't e box 105 so that-the heat may beabsorbed and the at a point adjacent the bottom and is prosteamwa ors keptat' a proper degree of vided with series of small openings8through moisture but this has not been effective, as' which the steam is discharged 1n the form the water-is too far below the points in the of jets. A pipe 9 forms a drain for the coni g apparatus where the heat is generated; fur densed steam which may run to the bottom 11c 5' sheet material may be anysuitable substance 'level. The interior of the box is provided with two series of rolls and 11 over which the cloth 12, being treated, passes succes- 4 sively in parallel runs as indicated in Fig.

shingles are inserted in order to give an 1 1. Between the steam pipe 7 andthe lowermost rolls 1'0, baflles 13, usually known as even distribution of the steam throughout the lower portion of the box and prevent water from spatter-ing on goods. At the u per portion of the box between and below e rolls 11 are placed a series of troughs 14 and- 14' which extend across the box from oneside to the other and are supplied with water. throu h main supply conduits or troughs 15 an 15' having branches 16 and 16' provided with valves 17 and 17 and which pa$ through the walls of the box and are adapted to discharge into the troughs 14.

The height of the water in the troughs 15 and 15 is controlled by float valves 18 and 18. connected with the water supply pipe 19. If for any reason these valves should become inactive to shut ofi. the water at the proper Point, the water would overflow the edges 0 the troughs 15 and 15' without rais- =ing itslev'el in the troughs 14 and 14'. Pref- Y provided with vents 20 w ich revent prcs ute' a'c cumulatm% in'the tro i lfi aref'suppIied wit water.- e bottoms of ward ,through V the action of gravity and moist, which moisture may Zevaporate over 7 their entire surfaces and be absorbed by the steam with which the box is filled. This forming llquid conductors such as absorbent materialjlike fabric, felt, metallic-screening or -gauze-to which the liquid will adhere.

.Other materials adapted to' produce the same result will be obvious to thoseskillcd in-the art, Adjacent the lower and of the liquid conductingisheets'mare a second series of nmrseit u hs 22=and 22' which are- ,Snp'pbrtcdbetween the sidesof the box and" j. aread,apted Ito receive. an fwatcrf that may Y I drip from the'sheets 21 t erebypreventilig 1 said water fromgdrippingon to H 7 located below the.sa1ne.- T The-troughs22 and 3g areapreferably provided with outlet pipes an water may be 'schargedv through the shingles 1?; into? the bottom of-the box without splashing onto the fabric;'oi.""rolls.- I

apparatus comprisl when they f .th'trough's Hand 14' are provided with 1 slots through which pass-sheets of conduc- 'tive material 21 so that .the' ,water contained {within the troughs will be conducted downmusic 23'; adglacentlone end so that the:

The top"- of I the boxpi eferably with hollow heating plates 24, supplied with steam, through pipes 25, as is usua tain the portion 0 the-box. The box is also pre erably covered onithe sides and top with heat ,tomainproper temperature in the up er' insulating material 'such as asbestos, indicated at From the above description it will be evident that as the cloth 12 proceeds through the ageing box alternately .over the rolls 10 and 11, 1 t subjectedtothe 'vapor issuing from the surfaces of the conductive sheets 21. Thus the temperature within the box 'will' always be maintained at a point to roduce the necessary reaction and no inurious superheatedsteam will exist-therein.

' The degree "of moisture within the ageing box may be regulated by controlling the entrance of the through the valve 7 '3 and also by controlling the inlet of the water through the valves 17 and 17'. Obviously atmospheric pressure unless it should be desired to produce the reaction under a pressure less than that of atm heric pressure.'

Having thus described this form of my inventiomwhat I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is a 1. Improvements or reducing substantially closed 0 amber, means for ,passing printed or dyed fabrics therethr'oagh, means for supplying heatvte said; chamber to produce "the reactions, means for contaming'an evaporable liquid.

, acas ng formmg a located in'the 1111:1 6 rtion of'thespace surrounding said fabr c, and-for distribut thereof to ab: sorb, e excessheat. o actions. Y

2, Improvements in i; ot reducing apparatus comprising, casulg forming a chemical csubstantially closed: chamber, means for:

pa ordyed fabricstherethrough' n successive runs, .means for: supplying steam v to. said chamber to produce the requisite chemical reactions, a device. for con- I taimng waterlocated inithe' upper portion 1 of the space adjacent theruns of said fabric,

and capillary "meme-for distributing said water uniformlyin said space, thereby causwater vapors to abso I of chemical s'ubstantialy closed chamber,,mean's for passmg the fabric therethrough in successive runs, a container, for an l-evaporable liquid rb-the excess heat 3. Improvements inaP aratus' for treat mg fabrics comprising, a'casing forming a located in the -nppen-portion of-..the space Y adjacent the runs .ofsajid -fabric, and rcapillary means connected with-said container I ."mgjsaid liqpid nniforinlyink said space 1 I capillary-action thereby keepmg'. said sheets there 'causm'g the ,vapo

for distributing said liquid uniformly in said space, thereby causing vapors of said liquid to contact uniformly with said fabric.

4. Improvements in apparatus for treating fabrics which comprises, a casing forming a substantially closed chamber, means for passing the fabric therethrough in suc-- cessive runs, a trough located in the space adjacent the runs of said fabric, and capillary means connected with said trough for distributing the liquid contained in said trough uniformly in. said space, thereby causing vapors of said liquid to contact uniformly with said fabric.

5. Improvements in apparatus for treatihg' fabrics, which comprises, acasing forming a substantially closed chamber, means for passing the fabric therethrough in successive runs, a trough located in the space between the runs of said fabric, a sheet of capillary material entering said trough for conducting the liquid contained therein downward and distributing the same uniformly in said space, and a receptacle located below said sheet for receiving and conducting away the excess liquid discharged from said sheet.

Signed at Providence, R. I., this 11th day of August, 1927.

RAYMOND W; 'JACOBY. 

